New Tax disc rules: DVLA incompetent, yet again.

[b1k3rdude]

How many people are aware of the new tax disc rules? I only found out 3 hrs ago.

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/vehicle-tax-changes

DVLA said it was "it was mentioned in the budget"... er, like everyone fucking watches or reads the budget... fuck-wits.

Here are 3 issues straight off the bat -

• it wasn't mentioned anywhere near enough on other forms of media. If the dvla have known about this for a while, like say for over a year - they could have let me/others know the last time I taxed the bike...
  
• what happens if say your buying a new bike on a Sunday and you don't have access to a post office, the internet or a phone. Assuming you have adequate ins. you then can't legally drive the bike.
  
• As we all know government systems aren't the most reliable, what happens if both the dvla's automated phone service and website are down? Should we then have to wait for their shit arse system/s to come back up..? If someone is miles away from home its unreasonable to expect them to hang around before being able to tax the bike, FFS.
  

When I spoke to the dvla today, 2 of the 3 minions I spoke didn't know all the details listed on their own fucking website. WTF they could not just make the old system electronic, as in "the vehicle is taxed", like they do in other countries and not tied to the fucking owner is beyond me. Useless fucking c**ts.